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Definition of pitilessness in US English:

pitilessness

noun

‘The story is set in a sanguinary and sadistic age; but it leaves one with the sense that the Cossacks may ultimately have been unrivalled in their capacity for purely impulsive pitilessness, unlit by the faintest flickering of conscience.’

‘Their pitilessness for those in power is to be feared more than any usurper's greedy heart.’

‘The showdown was fierce as both of them employed the basic rules of the trade: ruthlessness, mercilessness, and pitilessness.’